Policy Progress: The Ministry of Health Established the Working Group on Hemodialysis Issues

The Ministry of Health established the Working Group "On Introduction of Medical Service for Patients Treatment by Outpatient Hemodialysis" (hereinafter – Working Group) headed by Oleksandr Linchevskyi, Deputy Minister of Health. The Working Group was established in response to the Chamber Position Paper raising numerous issues in the field of dialysis and requesting to undertake immediate measures for the implementation of medical reform in this area.

Among the main tasks of the Working Group are:

Ensuring the development of draft regulatory and legal acts on providing access for the patients to outpatient hemodialysis

Introducing the tariffs for this healthcare service

Introducing reliable electronic records of patients

Changing the existing funding mechanism for hemodialysis treatment

Establishing a single tariff for hemodialysis services for healthcare facilities regardless of the ownership

Promoting competitive practices on the markets of medical services for conducting the procedure of hemodialysis

The Chamber Healthcare Committee is ready to continue working together with the Ministry to improve the regulatory acts in this area.